VISITS Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of visit

as in sees

to make a social call upon the club ladies make a point of visiting everyone who moves into the neighborhood

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as in stays

to reside as a temporary guest an old friend who comes to visit for a month every summer

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as in chats

to engage in casual or rambling conversation tries to visit with her best friend on the phone at least once a week

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as in haunts

to go to or spend time in often visit Ireland for a few weeks every year

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as in calls

to make a brief visit stopped to visit with my father on the way out of town

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visits

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noun

plural of visit

as in sojourns

a temporary residing as another's guest my aunt always looks forward to her weeklong annual visit with her mother

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as in visitations

a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons came by for a quick visit

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Recent Examples of visits

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Los Angeles visits Connecticut on Tuesday and Washington hosts Toronto on Wednesday. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 First and foremost, this bodega that Peter constantly visits. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026 The film follows a young director, played by Hannah Einbinder, who attempts to resurrect a fading slasher franchise and visits its reclusive original star, played by Gillian Anderson. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 Aug. 2026 The rocker reportedly visits the property every summer, throwing a birthday bash every July 26. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2026 Last week, Chait chose Pacoima Middle School for an annual media event in which the superintendent visits a family at its home and talks of the importance of good attendance. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 And all the Olympics and presidential campaigns and Oval Office visits in between. — Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 They were only made available for Dunkin' Rewards members with boosted status, which is when a customer visits Dunkin' 12 times in a calendar month, according to the company's website. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 In this week's installment of Far-Flung Postcards, NPR's Diaa Hadid visits the Hurulu Eco Park in Sri Lanka, where elephants roam freely. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026

Noun

The university has grown in recent years while attempting to improve safety and retain its historic charm, said Arthur Fridrich, the university's former director of distance education, who lives near the campus and visits regularly. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had made various visits to Mumbai and then New Delhi before traveling to neighboring Bhutan to meet with King Jigme Khesar and Queen Jetsun Pema. — Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026 If there’s no reason found for frequent urination, a physician might recommend holding the pee to retrain the bladder and reduce bathroom visits. — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2026 Investigators obtained footage of prior visits and listened to recorded calls in which Jester and his mother discussed smuggling contraband into the facility, according to the report. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Lifeson dropped 30 pounds over two visits, and learned how to address his digestive issues. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 The exceptions will be only single visits to Kaseya Center by Boston, Cleveland and New York, and only single games in Chicago, Indiana and Toronto. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 Those occasional visits were part of a relationship that stretched back to before Wald was born. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Social isolation was assessed through household size and the frequency of visits from friends or family. — The Conversation Us, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for visits

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The way Rosado sees it, the role changes are key for Duarte and others.

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Beijing sees green tech as a source of energy security, future prosperity and influence abroad.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 15 Aug. 2026

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And maybe, to paraphrase a cultural critic who still haunts these times, Gen Z is responding to a future that has slowly been getting canceled for a long time.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Wong haunts the stories of the Floridian smugglers, connected to many of the feuds and undercover operations.

— Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of haunts

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Shavers has spent years warning about button pushing, where an examiner runs the tool, accepts the output and calls it an examination.

— Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Curiously, the man says goodbye to Thom by name — but when Bret calls this out the next morning, Thom denies it.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

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His Instagram page is packed with stunning photos from the actor’s sojourns, including Stonehenge, Gettysburg, South Africa, Egypt, and Poland.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
As shoppers gear up for their European summer sojourns, brands are beating the tourist rush and setting up shop across the continent with temporary seasonal stores, beach club pop-ups and limited-time activations to capture the attention and dollars of the high-spending set.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 8 June 2026

Definition of sojourns

Noun

Nearly 1,500 families were served by more than 8,000 home visitations that support early literacy through language development and age-appropriate books and toys.

— Read Alliance, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
The aliens’ ability to take on the forms of stags, foxes and cardinals is also in line with what experiencers have reported about their visitations.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 June 2026

Definition of visitations

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Prize Director Michael Kelleher talks with 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction recipient Kei Miller about Yuval Noah Harari’s sprawling and sometimes controversial book Sapiens and about how humanity is fiction (and vice-versa).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
In this encore episode for our Tech Camp series, host Regina Barber talks to Carl Zimmer, a science reporter at The New York Times, about his reporting on mirror cells — and why creating them could lead to devastating consequences for life on Earth.

— Berly McCoy, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

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